• DocumentCode
    448172
  • Title

    Highly-efficient optical sampling based on two-photon absorption in a semiconductor micro-cavity device

  • Author

    Maguire, P.J. ; Barry, L.P. ; Krug, T. ; Lynch, M. ; Bradley, A.L. ; Donegan, J.F. ; Folliot, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Ireland
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1112
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a highly-efficient optical sampling system based upon the nonlinear process of two-photon absorption in a specially designed semiconductor microcavity. The sensitivity of the system is around 0.1 mW2 and the temporal resolution is 2 ps.
  • Keywords
    microcavities; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; semiconductor devices; signal sampling; time division multiplexing; two-photon processes; highly-efficient optical sampling; nonlinear process; semiconductor microcavity device; system sensitivity; temporal resolution; two-photon absorption; Absorption; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Pulse measurements; Sampling methods; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202041
  • Filename
    1573107
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=448172